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National Republican Ticket.
For President of the United States :
Rutherford B. Hayes,
OF OHIO.
For Vice President:
William A. Wheeler,
OP NEW YORK.
FOR CONGRESS.
First DUtrict. Col. D? McD. LlND-bey-,
of Perquimans county.
FnnrtU DUtrict. Col. I. J. YoUNQ,
of Granville.
ELECTORS i
First District. JOHN B. RKSPKSStof
Beaufort county.
FourtU District. Ike R. St RAT
HORN, of Orange.
Kijrhtu District. Squire TBivrrr,
of McDowell county.
JOHN It. ItAY, News Editor
OUR DISTRICT COUVEUTIO:.
Fourth District in Council.
A ROUSING REPUBLICAN RALLY.
Full Representation and a Harmo
nious Gathering.
SPIUITEI) SPEAKING.
COL YOUNG NOMINATED
BY ACCLAMATION.
CAP T. JOK DAVIS TO STEP DOWN
AND OUT.
Sharp Contest Between John A.
McDonald and Ike It. Stray
horn lor Presidential
Elector Strayhorii
Successful.
EXPRESSIVE RESOLUTIONS.
After the ringing of the bell Met
ropolitan Hall was soon packed to
its utmost capacity, and at 11:30 a.
M.,Tursday, July 11th, 1876, the
Convention wss called to order by
Maj. B. F. Bullock, Jr.,of Franklin,
Chairman of the Executive Com
mittee,he making it with some per
tinent remarks.
lie called Col. II. B. Guthrie, of
Orange, to the temporarily chair
manship of the Convention, and
M. T,B. Gilbert, of ' Wake, to be
temporary Secretary.
Col. Guthrie was conducted to
the chair by Hon. J. 'II. Harris and
Hon. W. A. Smith. He made an
eloquent and practical speech, on
taking the halr.
Mr. Battle, of Nash, moved that
the temporary organization be the
permanent one. Unanimously car
ried. " " ' '' " j- ;
Mr. Badger, of Wake, moved a
fimmittcG.be appointed on creden
tials, composed of one from each
county. Carried, and the follow
ing were appointed as said committee:
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RALEIGH, JY. C,
. ' R. C. Badger, of Wake; Fred
Waddy, of Chatham ; P. B. Haw
kins, of Franklin ; David Spencer,
of Granville : Wm. A. Smith, .of
. F . -
Johnston ; L. N. B. Battle, of Hash,;
and Lewis Jenkins, of Orange. '
On motion of Gen. J. C. Gorman,
O.Hunfer, Jr., was made permanent
Secretary.'.:::- -:-y ; :: :; : f
v Committee on Credentials report
ed, through their chairman,; Mr.
Badger, as follows : r; , . - -;
We.fi rwl vihol fallow ip "n ti ti cs
'represented r ..'.:;-; . ,
Chatham J H Head en, James
Pace, Thos Blacknall, Fred Waddy
and A B Chapin.
Franklin P B Hawkins, J B
Ticker, J S Wynne. J B Calisher,
John Williamson, T R Thomas.
Judge Watts, W A Book ram, W H
Hansom, B F Bullock, Jr. A J
Green, M T Hawkins, H W Fuller,
Junius Speed. S L Long, W Davis,
Joshua Williamson, Bry Baker,
W Dunston. O McCurdy,Joseph
Holmes, H Person, Ben Dunston.
Granville T L Hargrove and
David Spencer.
Johnston W A Smith, P T Mas
sey, John H Cotter. D W Fuller,
R M Barber, John R Coats, H A
Hodges, J J Stafford, Joseph Ed
wards, B R Hinnant. Wm Benson,
Smith Brooks and Spencer Whit
ley. Nash O ran Cobb, Wm Mann, E
H Wilkins, Willis Eason, Luke
Morgan, J J Sharp. W W Arring
ton, Ben Jones, L N B Battle, Oran
Brantly, Alvin Peacock, W B
Walker, E D Roberts and WH
Robbins.
Orange H B Guthrie and Lewis
Jenkins.
Wake Delegates at Lanrft A
"Magnin, M W Brown, John R
Oneilland J P H Adams. From
the various townships and wards a
large delegation present.
Respectfully submitted,
R. C. BADGER, Ch'n.
report adopted.
Nominations being in order, Mr.
Badger nominated Col. I. J.Young,
of Granville, for Congress, in a few
pointed remarks.
Mr. Bullock, of Franklin, second
ed the nomination.
No further - nominations being
made, Col. Young was nominated
by acclamation.
' On motion of Mr. Battle, of Nash,
Messrs. Battle and Badger were ap
pointed a committee, to inform Col.
Young of his nomination and re
quest his presence in the Conven
tion. Hon. W. A. Smith . moved that
the Convention proceed to choose
Elector, and he nominated therefor
Ike R. Strayhorn, Esq., of Orange.
Mr. Lee, of Wake, seconded the
nomination.
Pending nominations, the com
mittee returned with Col. Young,
who accepted the nomination in a
few eloquent remarks.
Col, Shaffer added to the nomina
tion for Elector, Col. John A. Mc
Donald, of Chatham.
Gen. W. D. Jones seconded the
nomination of Mr. McDonald.
Mr. R. C. Badger advocated Col.
McDonald in strong terms;
Maj. Bullock favored McDonald.
Hon. W. A. Smith was sorry so
many speeches should be made, and
advocated Mr. Strayhorn as the
stronger man.
Hon. J. H. Harris deprecated so
many appeals to personal feelings
being made In the matter, and
wanted the stronger man.
Mr. Mitchell.of Chatham, said the
good book taught us that the "weak
were made to confound the wise,"
and he was in favor of John A.
McDonald and the workingmen.
Mr. Mitchell madea stirring speech,
which was received with tremen
dous applause.
. Mr. Williamson, of Franklin, ably
supported Mr. McDonald. Said
he never heard of his ability as a
canvasser being questioned before,
and he had served with him in the
Convention of '63, and in a subse
quent session of the Legislature,and
several campaigns. He thought
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WEDXES DA i" dtQIlXTXG,
Mr. McDonald was a', man' of
In-
fluence with the I people. rS :;i , y
, The ; discussion pecting the
claims of the caacylates 'was con
tinued at some leili. V j
Mr. TV F. ;L Vcd that the
delegates at largd
cast4 the vote , cj
be penix'tted to
Wako coiiniy,
if there were no o jj f tion; Objected
to. V:' v
During?
the. lr
cjincnt of the
?Voi..vS. W.
Wake : delegatia
Watts, being V'jvfvl ':lr'
ed the Couveati
The Couventiou then proceeded
to ballot for Eleytor, which resulted
in the selection of Ike .R." Stray
horn, of Orange, by a vote of 8 to G,
as follows:
Stray horn.
McDonald
. 2
1
Chatham,
Franklin,
Granville,
Johnston,
2
1-1 ' '
i 1
s
Nash,
Orange,
Wake,
3
G
Strayhorn's maj.,' 2 f ,
Ike R. Strayhorn was declared
elected Presidential Elector.
On motion of W. D. Jones, the
election was madfc unanimous.
On motion, a committee consist-
of T. F. Lee and Gen. W. D. Jones
was appointed I to conduct Mr,
Strayhorn to the stage, where he
accepted the nomination In a few
remarks. 1 '
Gen. W. D. 'Jobes offered the fol-
lowing resolutions, 1 which -were
unanimously adopted :
Beit Resolved by the Republicans
in Convention Assembled: 1st. That
we recognize in Gov. Rutherford
B. Hayes, of Ohio, and Hon. Wil
liam A: Wheeler, of NewsYork,
.UioaiQmnees of thoCincinnoii. Con
vention , for PrSdluen t "ahdvrce
President, men not only of sterling
integrity and of irreproachable char
acter, public and private ; but men
whose careers, lor many years and
in various positions of public trust,
have embodied and illustrated the
true principles of the National Re-
-r a . . ...
puoiican party: mat we neartuy
approve their nomination, and con-
hdently commend them to the sup
port, of all fair-minded and dispas
sionate voters of the State.
2nd. That we cordially endorse
and adopt, in every part thereof,
me wise, iiuercu auu eminently na
tional platform lately adopted by
the Republican party at Cincinnati.
and pledge ourselves Co a zealous
and united support of the srreat
principles of truth, impartial jus
tice and statesmanlike policy there
in set forth.
The following gentlemen were
appointed as the District Executive
Committee for the next two years :-
Chatham Silas Burns.
Franklin B. F. Bullock, Jr.
Granville T. L: Hargrove.
Johnston P. T. Massey.
Nash L. N. B. Battle.
Orange Lewis Jenkins.
Wake Stewart Ellison.
On motion of Mr. Badger. Mr. H.
B. Guthrie, of Orange, was made
a member ex officio Chairman of
the committee.
Maj. R. C. Badger then offered
the following resolutions, which
were adopted unanimously :
Resolved. That we notice with re
gret and indignation, and we call
tne attention of the peoplo of this
District to the fact, that their Rep
resentative, Hon. Joseph J. Davis,
has failed to nay any attention
whatever to their interests in the
National Congress.
'inat ne Has busied himself V7ith
passionate vociferating, while the
National Congress has been appro
priating millions to build levees to
protect the rich planters of the
Mississippi ; to purchase and main
tain canals to join the unner and
lower waters of the Ohio, to make
connection between the upper wa-
iera in me iviississippL and the
vricai, j-u,.ja , improve me up-d
per waters oi me Jb'rench JJroad in
this State; to make jettees at the
mouth of the Mississippi, and count
less other eTpensive aonronriations
for the general improvement of the
rivers and harbors of the United
btates, and has not called attention
or iongress, or asked an appropria
uon io ciear out and dnpn tho
JNeuse, Which can be mado navitra
uie tu wiinin nve miles of this city
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of Raleigh ;or of the Cape Fear and
Deep Rivers which can be made
navigable to the Alamance line. V
; ; MrV Badger'spoko id hisresolu-
tions, and in reference to the neglect
of. internal improvements in, this
Blsttlct: '. '' f ;
j On motion ef Geft W. D. Jones,
the proceedings were ordered to be
.published Jn thb Tri-Wekly Con
stitution and Weekly Era; and all
Republican papers in the" State be
Oh mbfioirof pt Lee, the
Convention adjourned sine die.
H. B. GUTHRIE. Ch'h.
O.' Hunter," Jr., .
Ml V'B. GfLBEiiT, J Sccretanes.
"We need rain.
Please don't say anything about
this hot weather.
What has become of the Raleigh
Hayes and Wheeler Club ?
The thermometer stood at 102
yesterday at the coolest place we
could find in the city Pescud's
drug store. 1
Couldn't the city authorities posf
sibly spare money enough from the
large amounts they are paying law
yers to keep them in office contrary
to law, to put dippers on the pub
lic pumps? We think they might.
; His Excellency, ' Gov. Brogden ,
has returned from the Centennial,
and has been considerably indisposed
since his return, caused probably by
the heat, bustle and excitement in
cident to the trip. V
Sudden Death. Mr. William
Woodard, an" aged and respected
citizen, aieu suuueniy at ois resi
dence, on Wilmington street, in this
city, this morning at 4:15. Mr. W.
went to bed last night in apparent
ly perfect health. We have not
learned the cause of his death.
The Speaking Last Night.
Last night Col. I. J. Young, Ike
Strayhorn, T. F. Lee, and T. R..
Purncll addressed a large crowd of
citizens in front of the court-house.
The speakers were enthusiastically
received, and the people here seem
to be fully awake to the interest of
the party, and are prepared to enter J
the coming campaign with unpre
cedented zeal.
Delayed. Our paper is delayed
one day in order to enable us to lay
before our readers a full report of
the proceedings of the Congres
sional Convention. We shall is
sue another number to-mor
row afternoon, containing the
proceedings of the State Conven
tion, which meets to-day at 12 m.,
at Metropolitan Hall.
The Wake county Convention of
Good Templars met in their Hall
in this city on Saturday. Nearly
every Lodge in the county wa3 rep
resented, and the meeting was a
harmonious one, and was highly
enjoyed by those in attendance.
Mr. W. J. Edwards, editor of the
Spirit of the Age, was recommend
ed to the Grand Lodge for the po
sition of County Deputy.
The S wepson .-.'Case S wepson
Acquitted. The case of the State
vs. Geo. W. S wepson, for the kill
ing of A. G. Moore, in A lamance
county, came to an end Saturday
night about 10 o'clock, after having
occupied about two weeks' time in
the hearing. The examination of
witnesses closed on Saturday about
10 o'clock.&.ii., when.the argument
commenced, lasting only about ten
or twelve hours. The argument
was very able on both sides, but not
near so long as was anticipated.
The very best legal talent in the
State was engaged in the case. Af
ter the closing of the argument J udge
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.Watts charged the jury in his usual
plain, and pointed way. Ho told
t -em if they believed the conduct
of Mooro was such as toputlSwepson .
In constant dread of hi3 life, or that
he made threats ho would kill
e wepson , ana. wepson had reason
to believe he , would do so, then the
prisoner was justifiable in law, and
it made no difference what part of.
the .house ho fired from, for his
house was his castle, and a man In
v,j cast K was already driven to the
iej wall. ( when V thej ury'reUrecf Mr.
Svyepson moved about the bar, and
one time looked at his watch. In
about ten minutes' time the jury
iciuiucu nuu icuuucu a vciuiub ui
"Not Guilty, Mr. John R. Wil
liams speaking for the jury. A tre
mendous , clapping of hands was
heard in the court room, and then
a large number of people rushed up
to Mr. S wepson, offering their con
gratulations. The City 7 Case. Monday
morning, in the court-house, at
chambers, Judge Watts decided
that the defendants B. C. Manly
and the bogu3 Board of Aldermen,
were in contempt in not obeying
the peremptory mandamus issued
June 21, in that their appeal was
not perfected according to law, and
after considerable argument on both
sides, ordered their Immediate ar
rest, to be brought before him and
dealt with for contempt. At a late
hour Monday afternoon only two
of the -"defendants had been served
with the writ of attachmeut acting
Mayor ' Manly and "Alderman (?)
Len H. Adams. A further hearing of
the ?case ; was ' postponed until 12
o'clock yesterday. , . . 1 .
Yebterday-iirorningra motion Was
made in the Supreme Court for a
writ of prohibition by counsel for
Manly & Co., and the writ was or
dered to be issued. The effect of
this writ is to restrain all further
proceeding in the attachment for
contempt in the Superior Court.
Judge Watts, upon receipt of tho
writ, ordered the defendants to bo
discharged. The whole matter will
come up and be reviewed by tho
Supreme Court, and a final deqision
rendered on Thursday. f
Our Superior Court. Tho
Spring term of this tribunal has
just closed, and only two orthreo
cases have been tried, the S wepson
case occupying nearly the whole
term. Jimmie Smith, who killed
a woman in Panther Branch town
ship some time ago, submitted to
the charge of manslaughter. Ills
counsel, on the ground that Smith
was insane, prayed the mercy of
the court, and he was '' sentenced to
two years' imprisonment at hard
labor in the Penitentiary. Spencer
Perry was also sent to State's prison
for two years. Three others, who
submitted to charges of petty lar
ceny, were sent to the House of Cor
rection to work out costs. This is
about all the business disposed of
during this term. There now re
mains untried on the civil issue
docket 450 cases, 125 criminal cases,
and 36 bastardy cases. There are
about fifteen prisoners in the jail,
who are suffering! great deal worse
this hot weather than they would
were they in the penitentiary, and
some of them, too, are no doubt
innocent. The lawyers emphati
cal ly refuse to sign a pet! tion for a
special session during the heated
term, but we learn that one will be
held just after the regular term in
October, to dispose of the numerous
'cases - which have accumulated.
The Board of Trustees of Swain
Street Free School say that no boys
over 12 years old will be received,
but that older girls are embraced.
Yea, verily, up to twenty-two, but
not often older. 2 :y(-.'-'y:K- ;
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